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My Mercury 90/65 is hard to start. Not sure what else to try
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<blockquote data-quote="JL8Jeff" data-source="post: 411286" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>I had a late 90's Mercury 90 hp on my old 17' Wahoo and the day I went to look at it and try to start it, it fired briefly before stalling out, and then I flooded it and it wouldn't start again. I bought it anyway and I think the trick I used was to start cranking it before hitting the primer. It worked great that whole summer, I had to adjust the idle air screws to get a smooth idle but it ran great. My current 1994 Mercury 60/45 jet I flooded at the beginning of the season last year and it wouldn't start until I pulled the plugs and dried it out. I've been doing the same thing, start cranking before pushing in the key to prime it and it starts pretty easy. I wonder if you're flooding it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JL8Jeff, post: 411286, member: 12995"] I had a late 90's Mercury 90 hp on my old 17' Wahoo and the day I went to look at it and try to start it, it fired briefly before stalling out, and then I flooded it and it wouldn't start again. I bought it anyway and I think the trick I used was to start cranking it before hitting the primer. It worked great that whole summer, I had to adjust the idle air screws to get a smooth idle but it ran great. My current 1994 Mercury 60/45 jet I flooded at the beginning of the season last year and it wouldn't start until I pulled the plugs and dried it out. I've been doing the same thing, start cranking before pushing in the key to prime it and it starts pretty easy. I wonder if you're flooding it. [/QUOTE]
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